Purse



` JOHN nUDoLrH `Applcation filed F-ebruaryv.;

This inventionrelates to purses, yand vhas y more particular i referenceVto-a purse especially adapted to hold carfare tokens or coins so` thateach individual vcoin'or token will be V5 retained separately inV aaccessible position,` n y and removed quickly without 'searching'fon y10 vention is a time-saver;l

Y distinct andeas'ily so that it can be located 'it or disturbing itsellowsor other-articles adjacent thereto. Otherwise stated, the"pinandjis especially useful wherever* a cash business Inustdoetransacted hurriedly in agcrowded enviro-f ment, 'as,`for1instance, inpay-as-you-enter "r pay-as-you-leave street cars, orfin Vthe jostlingcrowdjof.v a' ysubway pay-station.

single'formof a small is, also7 to be f takenon the line 4 -41 y purse.1 comprises a base layer or anygsuitablejflexible materi l,'such asleather, and layers orstrips and 4 of pre'ferablyk The invention, also,contemplates the'provision ofnovel vstructural;features that are to itsmain *purpose more or f less YVancillary.

the course of the foland that will appear in Y x20 lowing description.

yWhile the inventionrelates *broadly toV purses and its spirit may beembodied in Vdivers specific formsffyet'it has, for'lthe purpose ofillustration only, beenfshown the purse `attached to the" exterior of avhandbag vor larger' purse. Itf understood that wherever .the term coinis employedin the description and claims,' itis intended g 30comprehensive and to include"checks, tokens,

andarticles of similarcharacter-'that may be used in lieu of coins.

1n ythe accompanying part Vof this speciiication, d bers of `referencedenote 'like partswherever they occur, 1

drawings kforming Figure 1 is a perspective view Vof aliand#v ---snap-astene embersjare s ured to bag embodyingthis'invention; y y'Iclosureap@ Figure y2 is afi'ragrnentary` view'o'f 'thef handbagshowing the vsmallV attached purse` d g n u *y vshow r11-"Figure 3, 'a fwith its vflaps extended inopen positiongq. Y Figure '3 is a similarviewoi`the`sa1ne showing a pocket flap closed and aclofsure' lflapopen;and Figure 4 is a ytransverse'sectional `view in Figure 2. 'n Y Thecoin-holding 'attachn'ient'l or smaller sheet 2 of div'idual. pockettoi'fgailitate 'f access Theme-Ser ati-.setmana of the Strip;l e alleiedgesfefgthesthpg-e anda gef the res'pective strips vstitching 112bade-I'strap filiere the-handbag .through he sheet 2 that thesanie bel'and 'the' 'snap'astener oFsT. Louis'.MissoimifY d stijip l 'extends'lacross:y the at oneend thereof; -f Stripes and e' posedsheet'sfa d sotachedfor 'entrance `edges 6 onf thefsame lline of I theirVresfpective1';'stripsy-and ypreferably 'disposed so that the entranceslfacet the -clo` 6' on arcuate lines ing? 312' and along' @ed Strip ingthegdaigpufpdse efferati-1g the the# l' backstrap';- Complemental flap7. ahi be f olded;over th orclasped together. The malepmember 19 of thefastener is preferably secured to they iiap '17 with its knobQOprojecting from the Outery side memloeV 21 'is secured to theclosureflap 7 the portion'QSkof theinemloer 21 on "longitudinal-edges.

of. the flap 17; andthe female 'i i Y Y Y flap? with its cavity 22,.ontheinner side o, fthe w a i Y the outer side of flap 7 beingrpreferablyof button formation to1 facilitateopening and closing of they closureHap.

Having thus fully described this Vinvention, I hereby reserve thebenefit of all changes in form, arrangement, order, or use lof parts, asit is evident that many minor changes may be made therein With-` outdeparting from the spiritV of Athis i nvention or the scope of thefollowing' claims. v

I claim: v l( A purse comprising a pair of super- Vposed layers ofmaterial attached together.

along lines to provide a row of pockets arranged'edge toy edge in thesameV plane between adjacent layers, one of the layers ybeing extendedin the form of a flap adapted to be folded over the pockets to provide,i

a common closureI for all of them..

2. A purse:- comprising a pair ofl superposed layersof material attachedtogether Aalonglines to provide a roW of=pockets arrangedV edge toedgein the same planebetween adjacent layers and having their entranceedgeson the saine line, one of the layers being extended in the form of aflap adapted to befolded overI the entrance edges :to provide a comonclosure for all of them,

and the Vother 'layer vhaving portions cut away along the Ventrance edgeatvthe, middle of each individual pocket. v v

A3. A pursel comprising single base Vsheet of iexible material andstrips attachvedito 'said baseV sheetto provide a pair of .ffoldable-vspaced pocketsv positioned respectively Lat one `en dand adjacent themedial portion 40f said .baseV sheet, the open ends Vlof; said pocketsVextending in the same'direc- L tion,-oneend of saidbase sheet beingform- A `edI into fa Hapland adapted to lie over the Y foldedpockets toprovide a common closure ,for the -same. f

i 1, 141.* A purse c45'- "Yprising,V aA single basesheet ofexibleemapsignature.

i Vadaptedlto be secured tothe back strap-,of avhandbag, syaid pursecomterial, a stripattached torone end of said sheet to define a pair ofpockets presenting opene'nds, asecond strip attached to said Vsheetin amanerto also attach` said sheet to-,said back strap,andalsofpresentinga.

pair of pockets having open ends, saidsheet .being formedffintoija flapadapted Yto lie oversaid pockets when the same are folded to provide acommon closure for the same.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto affix my 1 .ioiani RUDoLPii'FIsLER;

